Fence-anchor.



No. 825,158.- r PATENTED JULY-3, 1906. P. H. ROUSSEAU & J. T. LAMBERT. FENCE ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.28. 1906.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PINKNEY H. ROUSSEAU AND JAMES T. LAMBERT, OF CHANDLER, TEXAS.

FENCE-ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

An mation filed March 28. 1906. Serial No. 308.538.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PINKNEY H. Roos- SEAU and J AMES T. LAMBERT, citizens of the United States, residing at Chandler, in the county of Henderson, State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence-Anchors; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to fence-posts, telegraph and tent poles, guy-stubs, &c.

It is the object of the invention to provide staying or bracing means for articles of the kind mentioned in the form of anchors or ilukes and means connected therewith which shall be convenient of production and use and which shall be durable and efficient for the purpose for which they are intended.

The invention consists of flukes, anchors, or braces that are readily attachable to and detachable from the post, pole, stub, or the like and which facilitates the setting of the articles mentioned and which operates to hold them in desired position.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the post with the anchor attached and let down ready to be permanently set. Fig. 2 is a top plan view.

Similar figures of reference designate similar parts or features wherever they occur.

In the drawings, 5 designates the post proper, which may be of rectangular form in cross-section or of any other suitable shape or design that may be wished; and, further, the post may be composed of wood, artificial stone, iron, or other suitable substance. l/Vhen of rectangular form in cross-section, it will suit well either as a corner hitching or line post. Still the form is not the essence of the invention.

The anchoring device or brace 6 consists of a block or bar of iron, stone, or other suitable material of such length and width as will suit circumstances. It is broader at its outer end 7 than at its inner end 8.

A simple hole is formed through the inner end 8, and a hook fastened in the post is passed through it, so as to simply pivot or hang the fluke thereon. At or near the larger end 7 of the fluke it is provided with a pin 9 or any other suitable means for pivotally connecting the lower end' of the brace-rod 10 thereto, the upper end of said rod being likewise pivotally connected to the post and jointedxnear its center, as at 11 so that the outer end of the fluke or anchor 6 may be folded up, as shown in Fig. 2, or let down, as represented in Fig. 1.

The manner described of pivoting the anchor to the post and supporting it from or by a jointed rod is to facilitate setting it in the ground, taking it out, and in handling it generally. Each line-post will be provided with one or more flukes or braces 5, and each cornerpost may be equipped with at least two flukes, though where it is found unnecessary to use more than one but one will be employed.

In setting the post in order to save labor in digging the flukes will be folded up, as shown in Fig. 2, and a hole simply large enough to receive the post will be dug in the ground and a trench merely large enough to receive the fluke when let down, as represented in Fig. 1, will be dug outward from the post-hole to the requisite length. The bottom of the trench will have an upward or downward start, as the case may be, to receive the bottom of the fluke when let down. l/Vhen the post-hole is completed, the post, with the anchor or fluke let down, will be let in its hole and held in perpendicular position while the ground is tamped about it and the anchor, all as will be readily understood.

It has been ascertained, as before stated, that one fluke or brace 6 will be sufficient to maintain a line-post in vertical position,while not more than two will be required for ordinary corner-posts. Still the number used on any particular post is not made essential to the invention.

Generally when the fluke is sold separately from the post the jointed rod is connected therewith; but often the jointed rod and fluke are made as separate articles of sale, while the post composes a third; but this is as convenience or needs of the case may suggest.

It is obvious that the invention may be poles or guy-ropes or wherever it may be found useful.

What is claimed is 1. A fluke or anchor for posts, poles and similar objects consisting of a block of heavy material and suitable length, broader at one end than at the other, and provided at each end with means for pivotally connecting sup l porting means therewith.

2. The combination with a post or pole, of pivotally connected at one end to the post means connected with its lower end for anand at the other end to the outer end of the ohoring it in the ground, pivoted to the post fluke. or pole, said means consisting of a Weighted In testimony whereof we afiix our signablock of suitable length. tures in presence of two witnesses.

3. The combination with a post or pole, of PINKNEY H. ROUSSEAU. means connected with its lower end for an- JAMES T. LAMBERT. shoring it in the ground, pivoted to the post Witnesses: or pole, said means consisting of a weighted Z. G. TURNER, block of suitable length, and a jointed rod J. A. FITZGERALD. 

